Posts Tagged ‘Books’

Favorite Characters

Because I was bored.
In Books
1-Howard Roark, The Fountainhead
2-Anita Blake, The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series.
3-Alice Cullen, Twilight Series
4-Wanderer, The Host
5-Warrick, Burnt Offerings
6-Jamie, The Host
In Movies
1-August Rush/Evan Taylor, August Rush
2-Jared and Simon Grace, The Spiderwick Chronicles
3-James Bourne, The Bourne Series
4-Edward R Murrow, goodnight and good luck
5-Flying Snow, Hero
6-Sivia Bromme, The Interpreter
7-Beatrix Kido, Kill Bill
8-The Phantom, The [...]

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A Wizard of Earthsea

I finally read A Wizard of Earthsea. Even though i have read it once before, in seventh grade alongside The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, i dismissed it as a bad read. of course I later realized that I was wrong, but i actually forgot the book. Much like i vowed never to read [...]

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Thomas Friedman on “drill, baby, drill”

I was remided of George Clooney’s Good Night and Goodluck:
We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the results. We proclaim ourselves indeed as we are, the defenders of freedom, wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. [...]

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The Nurture Assumption

Yesterday I read the latest article in Satoshi Kanazawa’s Blog: The Scientific Fundamentalist (perhaps my favorite blog) about Harris’ book The Nurture Assumption.
And as I read about some of the the reposes I was once again shocked by how stupid people can be. Her argument (I haven’t finished the book yet, I barely started it) [...]

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Gale Force

Just Finished Gale Force and I swear, Rachel Caine is becoming the queen of crapy cliffhangers. (i still love her though)
At the end of Firestorm, Joanne found herself with the Earth Oracle (in all places, Sedona, even she said it was funny) After Ashan kills her daughter (Imara) and Something Big happens, it wasn’t the best of [...]

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Thin Air

I’ve just finished reading Thin Air by Rachel Caine. 
My reactions and feelings are mixed. On one hand, the book was great, and the ending was good, as compared to what happened at the end of the last novel. On the other hand, i think she cut it prematurely, she could have told us more about [...]

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